What really struck me was the harsh violence against oneself, she said in a recent interview byThe Guardian.

Its not whats being done to you, its what we do to ourselves.

What I did to myself … What I made it mean about me.

Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’

Demi Moore in ‘The Substance'© Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

Really looking at that violence, how violent we can be towards ourselves, how just brutal.

TheGhoststar called the project liberating.

It was a very hard film, very raw; very vulnerable to make, she told The Guardian.

Margaret Qualley wears a denim vest in red lighting in a still from ‘Drive-Away Dolls’.

But at the same time liberating.

I had less pressure than Margaret, because she had the added pressure to look amazing.

In fact, the opposite.

But there was something freeing about that.